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Hughes Creek Placers

Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078297
MRDS ID W026562
Record type Site
Current site name Hughes Creek Placers
Related records 10221879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14093, 45.61461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 30 MILES SOUTH FROM DARBY, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S;002S 021W;021W 01,02;36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER MINING FOR APPROX. 3 MILES ALONG HUGHES CREEK LOCATION IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14093, 45.61461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Strike Of Precambrian Metasedimentary Rocks In Area

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BLANKET
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Bed, Present And Former

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Overwich - Hughes Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $250,000 WORTH OF GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM 1904 TO 1952 . NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR YEARS BEFORE 1904 , PRODUCTION SINCE 1952 IS SMALL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 68.799HA
    Overall length 3218.6M
    Overall width 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR AREA OF DREDGED GRAVEL - SOME GOLD WAS RECOVERED FROM HIGH LEVEL PLACERS AND GULCHES OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY PRIOR TO 1870 PROBABLY IN LATE 1860'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 8 , P. 51 , 5

  • Production

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA, RAVALLI COUNTIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF PLACER MINING HAS BEEN DONE INTERMITTANTLY IN RECENT YEARS
Deposit THE SOURCE OF GOLD MAY BE QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE OR GOLD MAY BE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE NOW ENTIRELY OUT OF PRESENT HUGHES CREEK DRAINAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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